Classic route
BDZ Fast Train
Sofia → Ruse · Bulgaria
- Distance
- 404 km
- Fastest time
- ≈ 6 h
- Top speed
- 130 km/h
- Operator
- BDZ
- Train
- BDZ fast train
- Countries
- Bulgaria
- In service since
- 1897
Page last updated 2026-07-19 · figures are published values, not live data · corrections log
Capital to the Danube: through the Iskar gorge, across the Pleven plain, down to Ruse’s Habsburg-flavoured riverfront and the bridge to Romania.
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